Jeremy Jacobs, Sr. was bornon 21 January 1940 in East Aurora, New York, United States. Jeremy Jacobs, Sr. is #464 in List Billionaires People In The World. Jeremy Jacobs is chairman of concessions juggernaut Delaware North, a private company that serves 500 million people per year across four continents.
The business was founded in 1915 by his father, who began by selling popcorn and peanuts. The company now has annual revenue of about $3 billion.
Delaware North lost a major contract with Yosemite National Park in 2016, which has resulted in protracted litigation with rival Aramark.
Jacobs is also the owner of the NHL's Boston Bruins. It was announced in 2017 that he will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

NET WORTH STATISTIC

2009

$1.3 Billion

2010

$2.1 Billion

2011

$1.9 Billion

2012

$2.7 Billion

2013

$2.8 Billion

2014

$3.2 Billion

2015

$4 Billion

2016

$4 Billion

2017

$4.3 Billion

2018

$4.77 Billion

TIMELINE

2017

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017 as a builder

2015

Their children are:in 2015, Jacobs received the Lester Patrick Award

2013

Jacobs holds honorary doctorates from the University at Buffalo, Canisius College, Johnson and Wales University, and Niagara University, where he was awarded an honorary doctor of commercial science in October 2013

2012

In November 2012, Jacobs and his family announced a $1 million donation to the Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship

2011

“I’m coming off winning a Stanley Cup (in 2011)

2008

The University at Buffalo received a $10 million gift from Jacobs, his wife Margaret, and other family members on June 11, 2008 to establish the Jacobs Institute

2007

In 2007, Jacobs donated $1 million to support an endowed chair in immunology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI)

2006

He was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in Western New York in October 2006

1975

Jacobs has owned the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins since 1975

1950

His father took over the company in the 1950s when the health of his brothers faltered and Jeremy took over at age 28 when his father died in 1968

1948

Forbes magazine ranks him as 481st richest person in the world

1940

Jacobs was born in 1940, the son of Genevieve (née Bibby) and Louis Jacobs, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland

1915

In 1915, his father and his two brothers, Charles and Marvin, founded a company that first sold concessions in theaters and then expanded to major league ballparks